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5 A (3) ~ Station Area DeveloDment. High-density development should be allowed near Caltrain stations. Redwood City already has the highest density areas near the station, and is encouraging such development. ~ Jobs-HousinG Balance. Cities should "adopt a program that requires production of housing units commensurate with job growth." Projections 2000, prepared by ABAG in December of 1999, provides statistics for population and employment changes from 1990 to 2020. This document shows that there are 54,600 employed residents in Redwood City in 2000, and 52,600 total jobs. There are more employed residents than there are jobs, even with the dramatic increase in job growth in the last ten years. The Projections 2000 shows that there will still be more employed residents than total jobs in 2020. Even all of San Mateo County is expected to have a slight "surplus" of employed residents in 2020 (472,500 employed residents vs 451,830 total jobs). For years, Redwood City was considered a "bedroom" community, and it is only recently that the number of jobs has been increasing to come close to the number of employed residents. A quote from the Projections 2000 document might put this in perspective: 'While the forecast identifies a significant number of new jobs, San Mateo County has the second slowest rate of employment growth among the region's nine counties. Over the forecast period, the number of employed residents will grow more quickly than jobs." Obviously there is not a balance between where people live and work. Redwood City (and San Mateo County) residents commute to San Francisco and Santa Clara counties to go to work. That means that workers need to commute into Redwood City from other counties. More specific data will be available when the census data is compiled. );- Project DesiGn Standards. Zoning and development standards that require more parking instead of providing for transit alternatives are a disincentive for transit use. The Redwood City Council is considering requiring more parking for office uses, which is contrary to the Plan. The money saved from reducing parking requirements can be used for alternate forms of transportation. Each parking space in a structure would cost approximately $12,000. The cost for land for a parking space could cost as much. To provide 100 extra parking spaces would cost a developer $1.2 million. What other forms of transportation service could be provided for an equivalent amount? -2- '"""""""'-"""'~-'""-"'T"""""